Sterling Sports Cars

Kinja'd!!! by "Noodles" (hilgyjeep)
Published 12/31/2016 at 12:56

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I remember these as the yellow car in Cannonball run 2. Strangely they’re still being made today, in Pittsburgh PA

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Here are a few at Scotts Valley in 1975. These old ones have a very curvy shape, compared to what they’re currently selling at

http://www.sterlingsportscars.com/News_Weekly.html



The current gen appears to have sharper creases. Or maybe I’m just seeing things because of the modern wheels. It looks less like fiberglass to me.

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Australia had by far the best example of the rising canopy with the Holden Hurricane. Well made by a major manufacturer and in my opinion a better over all shape. Here’s a video made by Holden that does a really good job showing it off

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That thing’s fuckin’ cool.





Replies (4)

Kinja'd!!! "AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
12/31/2016 at 13:08, STARS: 1

Those are pretty sweet!

Kinja'd!!! "DanZman" (DanielHarpel)
12/31/2016 at 14:17, STARS: 0

That thing is cool. I wonder how it is to actually drive. They don’t list the weight in the video.

Kinja'd!!! "Noodles" (hilgyjeep)
12/31/2016 at 14:28, STARS: 0

they don’t list it here either

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Hurricane








Kinja'd!!! "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
12/31/2016 at 18:49, STARS: 0

aka Purvis Eureka down under.